Russian Scientist: World Facing ‘Mini-Ice Age,’ starting early next year

- Wood stove ? Check.
- Plenty of resources for firewood ? Check.
- Neverending source of potable water ? Check.
- Knowledge of the surrounding woodlands and edible flora ? Check.
- Plenty of hunting and fishing within the immediate area ? Check.
- Population of less than 3/km2 within a 300 km radius ? Check.
- 600 years worth of candles to light the way ? Check.
- Plenty of duct tape to hold it all together ? Check.
- Arctic boots and thermal undies clean and in good working condition ? Check.

If you mean solar irradiance.. Bear in mind that one of the major players in glaciation are variations in the Earth's eccentricity, axial tilt, and
precession. When the cycles of all 3 result in reduced insolation the result has been glacial growth that lasts about 100k years.

Good find Well acording to wiki he is a global warming skeptic. Keep in mind it's just a prediction TSI alone might not be enough to cool down
our planet (I hope).

Anyone who doesn't believe in MMGW is a global warming skeptic. Now the trick is ... does he not believe for political reasons or because the science
he does tells him that the sun has more effect than what we are doing?

Well...we wont see glaciation (serious stuff) in our lifetime, but it would not be outside the realm of possibility that we might see the beginning of
global cooling.

The period, in previous cycles, between the beginning of global warming and the onset of global cooling has been around 12-15k years. We have exceeded
that this cycle.

So, perhaps hooray for man made co2? LOL

Keep in mind that he's talking about a mini ice age, not the real thing. At worst, we'd see conditions more like what they were living through back
during roughly 1350 to 1850. They were called Dickensian Christmases for a reason.

We are in an ice age right now. We are in an interglacial period of warming. We have also exhausted the normal time frame from the beginning of global
warming to the beginning of global cooling, roughtly 12k-15k years. It has been that long since global warming initiated.

originally posted by: BornAgainAlienRussian Scientist: World Facing ‘Mini-Ice Age’ Rather Than Global Warming

According to Abdussamatov, our planet may enter what he calls "a mini-ice age" at the beginning of next year.

The world must start preparing for the global cooldown right away, he said.

Politicians and business leaders must make "full economic calculations of the impact that the 'mini-ice age' is going to have on everything –
industry, agriculture, living conditions, development," Abdussamatov stated.

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